Introduction: Peoples, Plants, and Patents in South Africa

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. List of Abbreviations xv
5. Chronology xvii
6. Introduction: Peoples, Plants, and Patents in South Africa 1
7. 1 Colonial Science and Hoodia as a Scientific Object 29
8. 2 San Demands for Benefits by Knowing !Khoba as a Plant from Nature 47
9. 3 South African Scientists and the Patenting of Hoodia as a Molecule 67
10. 4 Botanical Drug Discovery of Hoodia, from Solid Drug to Liquid Food 87
11. 5 Hoodia Growers and the Making of Hoodia as a Cultivated Plant 103
12. Epilogue 127
13. Appendix 1 133
14. Appendix 2 135
15. Notes 137
16. Bibliography 179
17. Index 197